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After six exciting heats that have taken place over the past five weeks, the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is pleased to announce the top 20 students across the university that will be competing in the Western 3MT Final.

Immediately following the competition, we will move to the IGAB Atrium for lunch. During lunch, we will announce our top three winners, including the one student who will go on to represent Western at 3MT Ontario 2017 on April 12 at the University of Waterloo.

You have all seen the stories in the news about the many problems in our prisons, jails, detention centres. This is our opportunity to hear directly from Howard Sapers, Independent Advisor on Corrections Reform, Ontario and formerly Correctional Investigator of Canada about the issues in our correctional facilities.

Don’t miss it!

All disciplines welcome. No RSVP required.

Contact socevent@uwo.ca if you require information in an alternate format, or if any other arrangements can make these events accessible to you.

Watch as six student startups pitch, "Dragon's Den" style, to win two cash prizes of $3,000! PLUS, all audience members will be entered to win a DRONE! One "Fan Favourite" prize will be awarded to the pitch with the most audience votes.

Drop by our upcoming R-Ladies, London ON event! This time, Sinthiya Thavam will be leading a presentation on visualizing your data and creating awesome graphics in R. Attendees will also be signed up for unlimited access to DataCamp R Courses (available through August). As always, this event is free and fully inclusive. All our events are female-led but open to any and all to attend!

When: Monday April 3, 2017 at 4:00 p.m.Where: North Campus Building, Room #293 (NCB is located on Perth Drive, just north of the bridge on University Drive)What: Interactive presentation on using R to visualize patterns in your data and creating high quality graphics. The presentation will be followed by time to play around with plotting, as well as time to peruse the DataCamp courses and discuss which courses to feature at upcoming meet ups.What to bring: Laptop with R& R Studio installed.Contact: Email ldnont@rladies.org if you have questions!

London is making huge advancements in medicine with a lifestyle based medical clinic; the Advanced Medical Group clinic located on Richmond Street brings a lifestyle based approach to medicine with facilities such as a mindfulness centre, a gym, a healthy bistro, massage therapy, kinesiology clinic and more available to all patients.

On April 1, Western students studying Nutrition, Kinesiology, Health Science, Medical Science, Nursing and/or are interested in pursuing a health-related career are invited for a conference at this clinic.

Students will have the opportunity to work with Western faculty and London physicians by engaging in interactive workshops to learn how to prescribe lifestyle. The day will conclude with a social where students will have their chance to share how they envision the future of our Canadian healthcare system. This is an excellent opportunity to build your CV, explore future career opportunities and learn from established researchers in the field.

Cost to attend is $15.00 and this will include your meals, a drink and all conference material.

Is French your first language? If so, you may be eligible to apply for the 2017 Richard J. Schmeelk Canada Fellowships.

Worth a total of C$10,000 per academic term for up to four terms in total, the Fellowship is awarded to Canadian citizens for graduate-level studies at Western. Schmeelk Fellows study in the “other official language”, immersing themselves and their families in the other culture, and uniquely preparing themselves to confront and help resolve problems and issues challenging Canadian unity. The Fellows embrace a refreshing new vision of Canada inspired by the conviction that with tolerance and understanding, our cultural and linguistic duality can create a renewed sense of national purpose for all Canadians.

Dr. Fred Longstaffe, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Stable Isotope Science, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and former Provost and Vice-President (Academic) at Western, will be speaking next Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 12:30 p.m. in the IGAB Atrium about The Random Walk to Excellence.

The Scholars to Leaders Speaker Series is a unique initiative of the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) that is open to all students and scholars across all careers at Western – undergraduate, graduate, professional, and postdoctoral. The Series brings students together with university leaders who are uniquely skilled in mentoring candidates as they prepare for next stages of academic competition and global careers. The monthly luncheon events showcase guest speakers who share valuable insight and expertise on critical aspects of leadership from their own career experiences.

The series runs from September to March (except December), and is held on the last Wednesday of every month in the International and Graduate Affairs Building (IGAB) Atrium. No registration required. Pizza is available on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.

An exciting new initiative is being launched by the Fields Institute in collaboration with TEDxUofT.

On April 18, 2017, Fields will hold an inaugural thesis competition for PhD students in the mathematical sciences at our Principal Sponsoring Universities and Affiliate Universities in Ontario.

The goal is to strengthen academic and research communication skills among our doctoral candidates. Presenters will be expected to effectively explain their research within three minutes in a way conducive for understanding by a non-specialist. All students will receive a participation prize, and the top students will have the opportunity to expand their three minute presentation into a TEDx talk at a TEDxUofTSalon later this year.

Full details about the program and a link to REGISTER can be found HERE. The deadline to register is March 26, 2017.

If you have any questions about this event, please do not hesitate to contact the program coordinator, Erika Pedersen-Lorenzen, at epederse@fields.utoronto.ca.